As synthesizers and drum machines became more affordable in the 1980s, novel technology became as common in new wave groups as guitars were in the punk and rock and roll bands that preceded them. This ...

Early on, new wave wasn’t so easy to identify. It was often used interchangeably with punk and post-punk. But eventually it coalesced into its synth-heavy form that became a hallmark of 1980s pop ...

It was the 40th-anniversary last week of a landmark event at Seattle Center, marking the rise of so-called “New Wave” music in the Northwest. “New Wave” is a kind of music that dates from roughly the ...